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Elliot is a Consultant in the insurance & reinsurance practice group.
Elliot specialises in maritime law and international trade focusing on disputes arising out of bills of lading, charterparties, letters of credit, international trading contracts, ship management contracts, shipbuilding contracts and ship sale and purchase agreements. He regularly advises shipowners, insurers, P&I Clubs, trading companies ship brokers and ship managers on these matters. He has extensive experience in obtaining security for clients in particular in respect of vessel arrests in both Hong Kong and other jurisdictions. He also handles general commercial disputes from drafting contracts to obtaining injunctions.
Elliot has considerable experience in shipping law, particularly in Asia, having worked for a major shipping law firm in Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, and also as in-house counsel for a large Korean shipowner. Elliot has also worked in Hamburg and was seconded for a time to a major Norwegian P&I Club in Oslo. Time spent running his own business and acting as a consultant to shipping entrepreneurs as well as working for the UK government makes Elliot an exceptionally well-rounded and multi-faceted lawyer.